Back in Medical School in 1977 (ahem) an article came out showing a statistical association between coffee drinking and pancreatic cancer of all things. Since most of my fellow docs drink coffee, this caused an immediate uproar and it did not take long to discredit the study. At that time I did not drink the stuff so I had no dog in the hunt. Have not seen anything since that indicts coffee as bad for you.

There is plenty of research out there suggesting coffee may not be so great. No one ever talks about the 200 something acids in it that inhibit absorption of certain nutrients or that it is directly tied to depression in some. Im not saying it cant be healthy but this particular issue is the most hypocritical thing i find about this community...the research you read saying its great for you is the same crap that says grains are too. Once again im not saying it is or isnt, but to come out and say its without a doubt healthy is a fallacy. I know several people who claim quitting caffeine cured them of their depression and they were only having 2 cups of coffee a day.

There is plenty of research out there suggesting coffee may not be so great. No one ever talks about the 200 something acids in it that inhibit absorption of certain nutrients or that it is directly tied to depression in some. Im not saying it cant be healthy but this particular issue is the most hypocritical thing i find about this community...the research you read saying its great for you is the same crap that says grains are too. Once again im not saying it is or isnt, but to come out and say its without a doubt healthy is a fallacy. I know several people who claim quitting caffeine cured them of their depression and they were only having 2 cups of coffee a day.

I couldn't agree with you more. But people get very defensive about their addictions.

Actually now that im thinking about it, caffeine is a natural pesticide and lethal to many animals even in relatively small doses..could be similar to defense mechanisms of grains. I sure know grok wasnt chillin at his local starbucks every morning